Liberty
04-16-2012, 10:15 PM
Hello,
I'm new to the forum and hoping some of you experts can help. I live in deep southeast Texas and used to have a beautiful bed of bananas reaching 12-14 feet tall. About three years ago my husband "mulched" the bed with wood chips and saw dust from his workshop. Since then, the bananas have been sickly and the growth has been severely stunted; at most around 4 feet tall. I have tried fertilizing according to the nursery's instructions (I can't remember what it was last year) but my bananas are still pitiful. Does anyone know if they can be restored to health? I have considered digging them all up and starting over, but I'm afraid the soil is poisoned and new plants would be just as vulnerable. Thanks for any advice!
I'm new to the forum and hoping some of you experts can help. I live in deep southeast Texas and used to have a beautiful bed of bananas reaching 12-14 feet tall. About three years ago my husband "mulched" the bed with wood chips and saw dust from his workshop. Since then, the bananas have been sickly and the growth has been severely stunted; at most around 4 feet tall. I have tried fertilizing according to the nursery's instructions (I can't remember what it was last year) but my bananas are still pitiful. Does anyone know if they can be restored to health? I have considered digging them all up and starting over, but I'm afraid the soil is poisoned and new plants would be just as vulnerable. Thanks for any advice!